I Spent 24 Hours In A Ghost Town In Russia (Vorkuta)

Vorkuta was founded in 1932 in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, not far from the frosty winds of the Arctic Ocean. Its foundation followed the discovery of vast coal fields in the area.

The Government of the USSR decided that this was the best place to send criminals and prisoners of the new GULAG system that was established a few years prior.

Even after the dismantling of the Vorkutlag, the population continued to grow due to the attractive salaries and job prospects of working in the coal mines. In 1989, just before the collapse of the USSR, Vorkuta reached an all-time population of 118,000 people.

Following the collapse of the Soviet empire, many mines were privatised, and along with the significant decline of the coal industry, Vorkuta started losing more and more residents who now see no reason to continue living in a place that is simply not made for human life.

Nowadays, Vorkuta’s population is around half of what it used to be 30 years ago. Walking around town, it is not difficult to stumble into ruins and abandoned buildings which are left as a statement to a past that was once glorious, but that is now, indeed, PAST.

In my quest to set foot in every single federal subject in Russia, the Komi Republic was number 33! Don't forget to follow me on Instagram for live updates @davelegenda 📷

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Here's where I stand as of now:

Moscow ✔️
Moscow Oblast' ✔️
Saint Petersburg ✔️
Leningradskaya Oblast' ✔️
Vladimirskaya Oblast' ✔️
Yaroslavskaya Oblast' ✔️
Ivanovskaya Oblast' ✔️
Krasnodarskij Kraj ✔️
Tulskaya Oblast' ✔️
Tatarstan Republic ✔️
Tverskaya Oblast' ✔️
Nizhegorodskaya Oblast' ✔️
Kaluzhskaya Oblast' ✔️
Murmanskaya Oblast' ✔️
Smolenskaya Oblast' ✔️
Ryazanskaya Oblast' ✔️
Astrakhanskaya Oblast' ✔️
Kalmykia Republic ✔️
Volgogradskaya Oblast' ✔️
Bryanskaya Oblast' ✔️
Udmurtia Rebublic ✔️
Yekaterinburgskaya Oblast' ✔️
Tyumenskaya Oblast' ✔️
Karelia Republic ✔️
North Ossetia-Alania Republic ✔️
Rostov Oblast' ✔️
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug ✔️
Republic of Crimea ✔️
Sevastopol ✔️
Permskij Kraj ✔️
Chelyabinsk Oblast' ✔️
Kirov Oblast' ✔️
Komi Republic ✔️

Which means I'm at 33/85. Still 52 to go! Hopefully a lifetime will be enough ⚠️

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